“We need to fight harder to ensure quality education for all is a dedicated goal in the post 2015 agenda,” she said.

“Diversity, equality and higher education: a critical reflection on the ab/uses of equity discourse within widening participation.” The second part discusses how ‘student diversity’ is being discursively mobilised within the context of ‘equality’ and ‘social inclusion’. It is argued that this linkage (between ‘equality’ and ‘diversity’) is untenable within New Labour policy and practice due to a privileging of the economic, the pursuit of institutional diversity, and the use of the market within higher education. It is argued that a diversity of students in higher educaiton cannot be taken as an indicator of greater ‘equality’ within the system, and attention is drawn to the ways in which ‘diversity’ may operate as a moral discourse that silences other competing (e.g., critical) accounts of widening participation.

“SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION.” The main conclusion that can be drawn is that Higher Education Institutions are beginning to make more systemic changes towards sustainability by re-orienting their education, research, operations and community outreach activities all simultaneously or, which is more often the case, a subset thereof. They are doing so amidst educational reforms towards efficiency, accountability, privatization, management and control that are not always conducive for such a re-orientation. Some universities see in sustainability a new way of organizing and profiling themselves. The UNESCO ESD Chairs mainly play a role in conceptualizing learning, competence and systems change.

UNESCO’s flagship Information Communication Technology event in education during Mobile Learning Week will be held February 23-27, 2015 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The theme is empowering women and girls. UNESCO will partner with UN Women to provide workshops, a symposium, policy forum and research seminar. Participants will be from governments and individuals working with NGOs, international organizations and universities. Registration is now open. For more on Mobile Learning Week: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/mlw